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Offshore E-Commerce:
Ready for Action?
In this article
we are going to take a look at the degree of
e-readiness of the main competing offshore jurisdictions
from the perspective of physical facilities
and the availability of technical support. In
this first installment we focus on the E-Commerce
situation in selected jurisdictions.
Part
1 - Dubai & Gibraltar
Part
2 - Ireland & Guernsey
Part
3 - Netherlands Antilles & Mauritius
Part
4 - Isle of Man
Offshore
Payment Processing & Certification
A
review of the development of payment processing
and certification services in the offshore jurisdictions,
with an analysis of their importance to a jurisdiction
in the evolution of its offshore e-commerce
offer. Jurisdictions are rated in terms of the
availability and sophistication of their payment
processing and certification services.
Offshore
Financial Services on the Net - Delivering on
the Promise
Betting and gaming
may have been the offshore world's first 'killer
ap', but financial services will probably be
the next one. This survey looks at a range of
financial services applications, examining what
is already available offshore, and making some
not very confident predictions about how these
applications may grow over the next few years.
Betting
and Gaming: The Dawn of Offshore E-Commerce
Large parts of
the betting and gaming industry have moved offshore,
and the sector's turnover has been expanding
rapidly as previously unsatisfied demand has
responded to new freedoms. This article reviews
the events of the past three years in offshore
betting and gaming, examining some of the offshore
and onshore countries which have figured prominently
in the process, and draws out some conclusions
for the development of offshore e-commerce more
generally.
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